Ford F-150 trucks go through the customer acceptance line at the Ford Dearborn Truck Plant on September 27, 2018 in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford Motor Co. is adding 3,000 jobs at two factories in the Detroit area and investing $1.45 billion to build new pickup trucks, SUVs, and electric and autonomous vehicles. Another $700 million will be invested in the truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan, where 300 new jobs will be added. The Wayne plant investment will be used to build the new Ford Bronco SUV, as

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized two new low-nicotine cigarettes for sale to the public. The agency cleared applications from 22nd Century Group for its Moonlight and Moonlight Menthol cigarettes. Shares of 22nd Century surged more than 30% to $1.08 a share on Tuesday. Correction: 22nd Century’s low-nicotine cigarettes are the first to get cleared through a new regulatory process put in place by the FDA in 2009. Other low-nicotine cigarettes that were available on the U.S.

President Donald Trump looks on during a discussion after delivering his speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on January 26, 2018 in Davos, eastern Switzerland. /After skipping a gathering of the world’s most elite in Davos, Switzerland last January, President Donald Trump will attend the World Economic Forum in 2020, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. President Trump blamed his no-show last time on the partial government shutdown that was triggered by a funding dispute for a wal

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Tuesday that inflation is going to pose a larger threat to the U.S. economy as budget deficits continue to rise. But if we go further than we are currently, inflation is inevitably going to rise,” the 93-year-old ex-central bank chief said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” That has come even though the 3.5% unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been in 50 years. Fed economists closely watch what is known as the Phillips curve, which traditiona

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh attends his ceremonial swearing in in the East Room of the White House October 08, 2018 in Washington, DC. “Kavanaugh’s personal reputational interest in seeing that bitter dissent against a bipartisan majority be vindicated by the Supreme Court is considerable.” But he said the issue pointed to a “broader problem” about the lack of a Supreme Court code of ethics. The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed legislation earlier th

At Tuesday’s hearing, prosecutors revealed that Parnas’ previously non-disclosed assets included a $1 million transfer from a lawyer for Ukraine oligarch Dmytro Firtash, who faces criminal charges in the United States, a month before Parnas was arrested. “We believe he was trying to setup a way to flee,” said assistant U.S. attorney Rachel Donaleski of Parnas. But Joseph Bondy, Parnas’ lawyer, said that Parnas had won a visa lottery to the United States to immigrate to the United States from the

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that Sen. Elizabeth Warren missed her chance to court ultra-wealthy voters who may have naturally supported her 2020 presidential run. “She’s scared people, and that’s why I think people are flocking to other candidates,” Cramer said, referring to Warren’s bank-bashing and wealth-taxing proposals. The fall in the polls coincided with Warren’s heightened attacks on billionaires, Cramer pointed out. Cramer has often said that he’s tried to assuage Wall Street concern

A second term would see the administration go after the globe’s multilateral trade institutions, multiple Wall Street policy analysts said. One of the administration’s key diplomatic wins came last week, when the White House reached an agreement with House Democrats to move forward with its replacement of the NAFTA. “It was always my plan, and I was criticized for this, as you know, it was always my plan that this should be a Trump trade policy,” he added. “And a Trump trade policy is going to g

Rick Gates, former campaign aide to U.S. President Donald Trump, departs federal court after being sentenced to 45 days in jail and three years probation, in Washington, DC, December 17, 2019. Rick Gates, the former deputy campaign chairman and inaugural official for President Donald Trump, was sentenced Tuesday to 45 days in jail to be served intermittently and three years of probation, winning leniency for his “extraordinary” cooperation with federal prosecutors against other Trump associates.

The House passed a $1.4 trillion spending package Tuesday, sending it to the Senate as Congress rushes to prevent a government shutdown. The Senate needs to pass the legislation — and President Donald Trump has to sign it — by Friday to keep federal departments running. The president is “poised” to sign the appropriations bills when they reach his desk, White House advisor Kellyanne Conway said earlier Tuesday. The House passed the sprawling legislation less than a day after lawmakers released i

Microsoft is adding The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Untitled Goose Game and more to Xbox Game Pass in time for the holidays, making the gift of a subscription or a new console a little more valuable. We already knew that these and other high-profile titles were headed to Game Pass, but we didn’t know when. Untitled Goose Game is available in Game Pass as of today. Meanwhile, on Dec. 19 Game Pass will be adding Life is Strange 3 episode 5, Pillars of Eternity, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It’s been a

Back in my playground days, kids were either Pokémon nerds or Digimon nerds. Over at Game Banana, tinkerer Hollow has uploaded an Agumon skin that replaces the entire Charmander family in Pokémon Sword and Shield. Even so, the mod works really well, in part because both the Digimon and Pokémon in this case look fairly similar to begin with. It also helps that the Digimon skin has a similar soft, pastel-like look that accompanies modern Pokémon. Granted, you can’t pull this off unless you have a

By Jan. 2, subscribers will have access to Horizon Zero Dawn, Overcooked 2, and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. PlayStation Now (not to be confused with PlayStation Plus) began life as a game streaming service built on Gaikai technology. Related The best PlayStation 4 gamesIn December, PlayStation Now added PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, and Formula 1 2019. Also bear in mind that Sony sets a clear expectation for when games will leave the PlayStation Now service. For comp

Pokémon Go has a plethora of events going on right now and under the radar, Niantic seems to have launched Shiny Gible. The Shiny versions of Pokémon usually launch with their respective Community Day and the Shiny rates are dramatically increased during the event period. Since Gible’s Shiny form is launching ahead of its expected Community Day, players are now concerned that it won’t get a Community Day at all. Based on patterns, the next Community Day in January would be for Piplup, with Gible

Stardew Valley’s massive new update is now live on consoles. The update is referred to as 1.4, and makes a bevy of changes to the game. Multiplayer was also added to the game in the last few years, and this patch includes several big fixes for those systems. If you’re looking to dip in you might check out our Stardew Valley guide, or our PC Stardew Valley multiplayer guide, both of which can help get you up to speed. You can see the full patch notes on the Stardew Valley website.

Critically-acclaimed indie game Inside announced a collector’s edition last year, and while the $375 sticker price was high, developers Playdead refused to tell anybody what was in the release. Of course, anybody who has played the mysterious side-scrolling game could probably guess where the collaboration was going. After all, one of the most memorable points of the game involves discovering a massive monster composed of endless human bodies and limbs. “If you think about it, every game has it’

Mike Dunleavy told CNBC on Tuesday that it will be hard for President Donald Trump to be booted from office, due to the strong economic performance during his tenure. The U.S. economy, which was on fire last year, has been cooling lately, under the weight of the U.S.-China trade war. The stock market, as measured by the S&P 500, since Trump’s 2016 election victory is up nearly 50%. Dunleavy said he met with a handful of government officials and Trump on Monday to discuss trade and the state of t

Negotiators have reached a tentative deal to end a labor dispute that led all the qualifiers for Thursday’s 2020 Democratic presidential debate to threaten a boycott. Workers had planned to picket during the debate if they did not reach a deal before Thursday. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez, who worked to salvage the debate, will appear there. Democratic candidates have courted organized labor, a key constituency for the party, as they look for an edge in a jammed primary field

For those considering another job, 2020 looks promising. “Every indicator we have still sees a robust and healthy job market barreling into 2020,” said Ian Siegel, the CEO of jobs marketplace ZipRecruiter. Top 10 hottest job markets in 20201. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania)Not surprisingly, New York and Los Angeles have the largest job markets where job seekers have the best chance of landing a new position. At any one time, there are more than 200,000

Melanie Lockert addressed her debt anxiety and then set about paying down $80,000. baonaDon’t just pay the minimumLockert says she made a big mistake, originally paying off her loans as an ordinary monthly bill. Lockert chose the debt avalanche method: paying down the highest-interest debt as quickly as possible. Melanie Lockert bloggerPick the right payment planSome people like the satisfaction of the Dave Ramsey snowball method. “Put a reminder in your calendar for every due date of your loan,